This forum is quite boring. Part of that is due to the draconian and overbearing moderating style, which stands at odds with the subject, Bob Dylan. The vibe of Meek & Mild Europeans permeates this place.

"permeate" was chosen for concision, not pretension. If I didn't use "permeate" - I'd have to use several words to convey the same meaning. I could've gone with "pervade" - is that less pretentious? That is my rule of thumb - if the word is used correctly and helps one use less words to mean the same thing, then it is not pretentious. And "permeate" is like a word you get on your school vocab list when you're 11 - so it's hardly that exotic. Gawd.

in any case, I was just trying to be helpful. The number one news link today was about how millennials think Bob Dylan is a cowboy TV character from the 1950s. So I thought maybe that keeping a message board in the style and tone of an collegiate dial-up bulletin board service circa 1993 could be self-defeating.

Fill yer hand, stranger. And then fill your boots - clearly you are not European, I'm gonna stick my neck out and take a wild guess that your are septic tank (a yank, a citizen of the United States) - am I right?

I should've omitted the anthropological conjecture about Europe. I love Bavaria this time of year. My complaint was based on the fact that I've had many innocuous posts (that seem within the rules as outlined by the Terms of Service) deleted by some alien force. I then surmised that similar treatment must've befallen other users, and then deduced that such heavy-handed intrusions are, in fact, impeding forum traffic/usage, and thereby are functioning as a deterrent to the propagation of the Dylanological, which must be counter to the aims of such a website. I mean, really, if discussions of Azerbaijani singer-songwriter Emin Agalarov are forbidden in the "Other Artists" section - how can a message board be said to be operating in good faith?

I have a suggestion for you, but I'm too polite and European to post it here.

Your Agalarov thread must have been troll-ish in some way, the mods here are very good and decent types. You really should make a full and sincere apology.

I think this is a job for our Senior Contributor, if he is around. He could perhaps spare a minute from his busy schedule of being suave and virile, ask his posse of ladies to step aside for a few moments, and proffer advise, wisdom, and also command respect. Thickboy, we need you!

I felt a photo of an exotic cheeseboard would be just the ticket right now; the kind one suspects TRUMP and his close friend Emin Agalarov might enjoy together during negotiations. Oh well, you'll just have to imagine one.

Speaking of which: I have noticed that here when you type some swearing the system automatically corrects it into a cross sign (bit meh if you ask me, but I can live with it). But: are there any rules against it? (cursing, that is). I got permanently banned without much of a warning from the Steve Hoffman forums for cursing repeatedly, or so I was told (though I suspect that starting a poll with a silly topic in which I mentioned the notoriously uptight site´s host name had something to do with it). My poor heart couldn´t bear being banned from yet another forum, so if this is an issue here too please let me know

Speaking of which: I have noticed that here when you type some swearing the system automatically corrects it into a cross sign (bit meh if you ask me, but I can live with it). But: are there any rules against it? (cursing, that is). I got permanently banned without much of a warning from the Steve Hoffman forums for cursing repeatedly, or so I was told (though I suspect that starting a poll with a silly topic in which I mentioned the notoriously uptight site´s host name had something to do with it). My poor heart couldn´t bear being banned from yet another forum, so if this is an issue here too please let me know

Speaking of which: I have noticed that here when you type some swearing the system automatically corrects it into a cross sign (bit meh if you ask me, but I can live with it). But: are there any rules against it? (cursing, that is). I got permanently banned without much of a warning from the Steve Hoffman forums for cursing repeatedly, or so I was told (though I suspect that starting a poll with a silly topic in which I mentioned the notoriously uptight site´s host name had something to do with it). My poor heart couldn´t bear being banned from yet another forum, so if this is an issue here too please let me know

Angus is allowed to do what he fucking wants because he is a god amongst men, The rest of us must restrain ourselves and be very goddam polite. Manners maketh the man/woman/hermaphrodite, not mannerisms.

Keep the Fs and Cs and Ss and Ps to yourself and you'll probably do fine.

There's a list of rules somewhere. This isn't a child's forum but good manners are needed for participation.

I don´t consider myself to have bad manners, but sometimes a good dirty word escapes my lips or my fingers, not only when I´m mad, but when I´m over excited, which happens often when talking about music.Whenever that happens, and it will, I hope my overwhelming humanness, bonhommie and overall respectful attitude will save me from being banned.If it doesn´t, though, you can all s*ck my d*ck

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